Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Galileo"
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Galileo
n : Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to
use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that
different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the
refracting telescope that enabled him to make many
discoveries (1564-1642) [syn: {Galileo}, {Galileo Galilei}]
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